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Arts & HumanitiesDegree program✓ Listed officially

Philosophy

at Carleton University · Ottawa, Ontario · On the official programs page ↗

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Program score
Data transparencyStrong

How well this program's existence and the school's data are sourced. 79/100

Value scoreC-

Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 38/100 · see how Carleton University compares

How this program ranks

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Among Canadian universities offering Arts & Humanities, Philosophy at Carleton University ranks #253 of 359 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Arts & Humanities (25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 52/100 was reached:

How we calculated this 52/100: the real numbers52/100

Verified school-wide outcomes 40% · recognized strength in Arts & Humanities 25% · data transparency 20% · value 15%.

  1. Verified school-wide outcomes
    43/100: Carleton University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)
    × 40% → 16 pts
    16 pts
  2. Recognised strength in Arts & Humanities
    55/100: Arts & Humanities is offered but not a flagged strength (floors at 55)
    × 25% → 14 pts
    14 pts
  3. Program data transparency
    79/100: this program's transparency score (below)
    × 20% → 16 pts
    16 pts
  4. Value
    38/100: quality adjusted for Carleton University's cost
    × 15% → 6 pts
    6 pts
Program score52/100

We don't yet publish verified program-LEVEL outcomes, so this program inherits its school's verified figures, labelled as such: never a per-program number we can't source.

Compared with other Arts & Humanities programs

Transparency

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The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on Carleton University's official programs page. The rest is Carleton University's own data transparency, inherited and labelled; we don't yet have verified per-program stats.

Program listed on the school's official programs pageThis program
Existence confirmed on admissions.carleton.ca
source ↗1/1
Publishes student outcomesSchool-level
3 of 3 outcome metrics sourced · 2 via official government dataset
source ↗2/2
Keeps published data currentSchool-level
latest figure as of 2023
source ↗1/2
Sources its competitive entry averageSchool-level
publishes no admitted average. Our entering grade is an editorial estimate, not sourced
0/1
Backs facts with verified official linksSchool-level
2 verified source links
source ↗2/2
How we calculated this 79/100: the real numbers79/100

30% (listed on the school's official programs page) + 70% (the school's own data-transparency score).

  1. Program listed on an official pageThis program
    Yes: existence confirmed on the school's official programs page (1/1)
    × 30% → 30 pts
    30 pts

    Existence confirmed on admissions.carleton.ca

    Sourceofficial source ↗
  2. Carleton University's data-transparency scoreSchool-level
    70/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)
    × 70% → 49 pts
    49 pts
Program transparency79/100

The one genuinely program-level signal we can verify today is whether the program is listed officially. The rest is the school's transparency, inherited and labelled.

Outcomes (school-wide)

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We don't yet publish program-level outcomes, so Philosophy inherits Carleton University's verified school-wide figures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.

First-year retention
83%
Graduation rate
68.7%
Graduate employment
94.9%
How we calculated this 43/100: the real numbers43/100

Each verified outcome is scored 0-100 against the range its peers actually publish, then blended by weight.

  1. First-year retention
    83%: first-year retention
    scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 20/100, weighted 30%
    6 pts
    “the two-year retention rate remains amongst historic highs at 83%”
    Extracted fromCarleton University Students & Enrolment 2023-2024 Annual Report ↗· as of 2023
  2. Graduation rate
    68.7%: graduation rate
    scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 23/100, weighted 35%
    8 pts
    “OUGS all-institutions table — Carleton 3.10% 68.70% 85.90% 94.90% — Graduation Rate 68.7%”
    Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23
  3. Graduate employment
    94.9%: graduate employment
    scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 83/100, weighted 35%
    29 pts
    “OUGS all-institutions table — Carleton 3.10% 68.70% 85.90% 94.90% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 94.9%”
    Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23
Outcome score43/100

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.

Program facts

Field
Arts & Humanities
Credential
Degree program
School
Carleton University
Domestic tuition
$7,100/yr
Avg. entering grade
70-85%
Existence
admissions.carleton.ca ↗

Per-program stats are honestly Unverified until a program-level figure is sourced. Data as of June 2026.

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